Czar Gets Reddy Wack To Shoe Hoofs at 1500 Per Year
Indianpolis reports the rise of Thomas Mack nicknamed Reddy, an Irish lad from Mrs Rosa Mack, honored as horseshoer to the Czar of all the Russias. He sails for Moscow to work at the royal stables earning 1500 dollars yearly plus expenses and equipment. He proved skilled at aiding trotters and impressed Frank Starr, who helped recruit him after seeing his work at the State Fair Grounds.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Mack
Rosa Mack
Mack
New York
Moscow
Reddy
State Fair Grounds
Frank Starr
Starr
Russia
Royal Stabies
America
Cablegrama
Wireless signals travel two miles in Purdue tests
Purdue University physics students, under a department directive, demonstrated wireless telegraphy across two miles of brick and stone buildings separating Purdue and the Ford School. The system showed reliable reception anywhere within the brick school building, implying far greater potential distances with similar setup.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
University
Ford School
Department of Physics
Mineral News From Okanagan and Cascade Areas
Mining notes report extra work at I I mine in Okanagan county with ore assays around 14 percent copper and $16 gold per ton. Little Six Mining contracts 200 feet more tunnel at Stevens county silver claims near Cleveland mines. Nevada claim at Republic camp shows $3.66 silver and $35.55 gold from tunnel ore. Cascade seeks a local recording office to aid miners, saving long travel to Grand Forks. Sullivan group shaft near Ft. Steele yields samples at 115 feet.
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Okanagan County
Little Six Mining Company
Cleveland Mines
Btevens County
Nevada
Republic Camp
Lone Pine Hill
Lone Pine
Cascade
Christina Lake District
Grand Forks
New Orleans Bride Slashed by Self Styled Healer
May 11 report says Dr De Carlo, calling himself a healer, slashed Mrs Frank Nicolace with pruning shears to chase the devil from her. He then beat her to heat the devil out, leaving the bride dying at home across the river. De Carlo is under arrest for assault to kill. Nicolace fell ill shortly after marriage. her husband summoned the healer believing she was possessed.
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New Orleans
Frank Nicolace
de Carlo
de Carlo Ja
Mia
Nicolace
Posaceged
City built in a day at Mountain View Oklahoma
Mountain View in Washita county set a record by forming a town in a single day on May 1. The townsite was prairie, surveyed and platted, bridges over the Washita river completed, and a full municipal government installed with W T V Yates as mayor, G W Bellamy as treasurer, and Col John Kerfoot as police judge. Lots sold up to 900 dollars as settlers rushed to the new community in the Washita valley near the mineral mountains.
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Reno
C. T
Oklahoma
Mountain View
Washita
W. T. V. Yates
G. W. Bellamy
Col
John Kerfoot
Rock Island
Public Mauser rifle display impresses Kan. officer
In Port Kan., May 17 a common Mauser rifle used by a San Juan soldier showed extraordinary force. Capt. A. M. Wilson of the Twenty-third Kansas presented the weapon. A ball pierced a flatiron, leaving a smooth hole, and exited as if boring through wood. Three shots into a steel ax blade caused the third to bulge the opposite side.
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Kan
San Juan
A. M. Wilson
Twenty
Kansas
Emily Cox Sues John McCain for Slander in Civil Action
Crawfordsville Ind May 17 Miss Emily Cox daughter of William Cox a leading landowner sues John McCain of Dartington for 10000 dollars claiming a scandalous story about her circulated nearly thirty years. The plaintiff learned of the tale only recently and the suit seeks to set aside a 25000 dollar real estate transfer to McCain's brother in law made just before the action.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Emily Cox
William Cox
Indiana
John McCain
Dartington
McCain
National Steel targets land near Sharon works for world’s largest open hearth plant
On May 17 in Sharon SHWARON, National Steel company negotiates for land adjacent to its Sharon works to build an open hearth steel plant. The project would boast a daily capacity of two thousand tons and employ about 1000 men.
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Shwaron
The
National Steel Company
Sharon Works
Prehistoric Remains Unearthed on North Carolina Island
Norfolk May 17 A remarkable relic from prehistoric times was found on an island at the New River mouth near Marines N C by strong currents that exposed a buried forest. Mammoth tree stumps were visible and a magtodeon skeleton was recovered by A H Thomas who led a rescue team. A single bone weighs over 600 pounds, and the living animal likely spanned at least 19 feet across the chest.
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Norfolk
New River
Marines
N. C
Thomas
Aselat
Durable gear ad promises strength and easy running
An advertisement notes strong durable equipment suitable for running. It invites readers to inspect items at 1022 2nd Ave, endorsed by FF M. Spinning as the agent.
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2Nd Ave. FF. M
Two July Celebrations debated by Beattie citizens leaders
Beattie residents discuss how to handle homecoming of Washington volunteers and July Fourth events. Some urge consolidating celebrations into one grand demonstration on the volunteers arrival date, while others support keeping the Fourth unchanged with two major events. A third proposal calls for three consecutive days of celebration honoring national day volunteers and later arts and pastimes.
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Beattie Cidsens
War Department
Washington Volunteers
Graves
Chamber of Commercce
Star
Aid
Mumphries
Humes
James Hamilton Lewis
Trainwreck in Mount Vernon Delays Excursion Train
Eastbound Louisville and Nashville passenger train from Lowla struck an open switch near Mount Vernon at about 110 o clock last night, burying the engine and two baggage cars from the track. Several hundred excursionists were aboard but no serious injuries reported. Damages to the cars run into thousands of dollars.
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Mount Vernon
Louteville & Nashville
J. Lowla
Nail in His Throat Mystery Ends in Death
Frank A. Rolin, a carpenter from 11 East Thirty-first Street, died at a New York hospital after years of claiming a wire wall lodged in his throat. Initial X rays and examinations found a glottic stricture and required throat and stomach tubes. Despite procedures and discharge, he insisted he heard a nail rattle. doctors could not locate the wall, and an autopsy was awaited to resolve the mystery.
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New York
Frank A. Rolin
East Thirty-firet Street
New York Hospital
Otin
Robert F. Weir
Dolin
Williame
Dream Credited Find Solves Miller Murder Mystery
In Battle Creek Michigan on May 17 Richard Miller's body was found buried under a thin sand cover in a bluff near the city, ending a disappearance from October. A dream reportedly guided Mrs Willard to the site where Miller's foot protruded, revealing the corpse though investigators had searched the area before. The discovery suggests murder but no arrests have been made.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Richard Miller
Miller
Willard
Hospital amputates after frenzied Cheater accident
Chester Pa May 17 Hisalex caught in a brick grinding machine at the Crum Lynne Frick works today. William Owen could not resist as the machinery crushed and ground the leg to a pulp. He was taken to Chester hospital where the limb was amputated.
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Chester
Hisalex
Crum Lynne Frick Works
William Owen
Cheater Hospital
The Latest Six Pounders Coast Defense Guns Arrive
The war department confirms delivery at Sandy Hook of twenty six pounder guns for coast fortifications and field use. A 60 gun contract was awarded to Driggs Seabury Gun and Ammunition. The new pattern resembles the Drigen Schroeder design but reduces parts and features total absence of all hidden components.
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Washington, Dpd
War Department
Sandy Hook
Driggs- Seabury Gun and Ammunition Company
Drignen- Schroeder
Pennsylvania General Bingham Emerges as Speaker Candidate
Washington May 17 General Marty H Bingham of Philadelphia named as a candidate for Speaker with backing from several Pennsylvania congressmen He served in Congress for two years and is hailed as father of the house He enjoys popularity and is a strong ally of Senator Quay
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Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
Marty H. Bingham
Philadelphia
Bingham
Congress
House
Genator Quay
Not in Favor of the Trust in Minneapolis
Minneapolis authorities resist the United States Flour Milling Company formed by Thomas F B McIntyre of New York. The three mills bought by the new group St Anthony Excelsior and Standard add to a city output of 76 000 barrels daily, but local millers oppose consolidation as a threat to local pride and competition.
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Minneapolas
Minn
Piour City
Thomas FB. Melntyre
New York
Melntyre
Minneapolis
Milla
McIntyre Company
United States Flour Milling Company
T. Anthony
Excelsior
Standard Mills
Minneapolie Flour Manufacturing Company
Minneapolia
United States Flour Mil Company
McIntyre
Railroad Personalities Named In Northwest Posts
J C Burgess appointed agent of the White Pass and Yukon Hallway company at Juneau. Fred P B Meyer city freight and passenger agent of the White Pass and Yukon railway has recovered from grip and returned to duty. H M Hainer of the Phillips Judson Excursion company has gone to Portland. William Harder general freight agent of the Great Northern at Portland is in the city.
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J. C. Burgess
White Pass & Yukon
Juneau
Fred PB. Meyer
White Pass
Yukon
H. M. Hainer
The
Phillips-Judson Excursion Company
Portland
William Harder
Great Northern
Amusements at Third Avenue and Seattle Theaters
Mixaty laughs galore promise two and a half hours at Third Avenue theater this week as The Rays headline in A Hea id Time with a strong company. Roland Reed and Isadore Rush appear at the Seattle theater for three performances Friday night through Saturday night including a Saturday matinee with Reed's The Wrong Mr Wright and Pie Father’s Boy. Rush, famed for fine costume displays, headlines alongside a capable troupe.
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Mixaty
Third Avenue
Rays
Museel
Roland Reed
Isadore Rush
Seattle
Mr. Reed
Mr. Wright
Misa Rush
Flooding Closes Drives and Delays Logging in Maine Rivers
May 17 Hangor reports high Penobscot and Aroostook rivers hindering early drives as boats ride current, mills shut, and 12,000,000 feet of logs float above Old Town. Lands and roads flood in the north country. Logs will stay hung until water recedes.
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Hangor
Penobacot
Aroostook
Oldtown
Milwaukee Tragedy Ends In Double Death
In Milwaukee on May 17 G Hinkley a Mankinton barber shot and lightly wounded Bertha Krueger in their Grand avenue room then killed himself. He died instantly. Friends say Krueger followed him and caused the tragedy. Police found her by the dead man murmuring Wake up wake up.
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Milwaukee
Wis
G. Hinkley
Mankinton House
Bertha Krueger
Grand Avenue
Hinkley
Market Quotations and Prices for Seattle Trade
Wednesday morning market notes show ample supply of green goods and altered fish quotations. Local dealers offer producers prices for delivery in Seattle round lots on the deck or in the car, with grain data at 26 dollars, barley at 28 dollars, and wheat current though not fully stated.
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Seattle
Puget Sound Market Prices Move Through Grain and Livestock
Today’s jobbing quotations cover a wide range of farm goods from Puget Sound and Eastern Washington. Prices listed include chicken feed 19 dollars a ton, timothy hay 12 to 14 dollars, alfalfa 10 dollars, and livestock values for hogs cows and calves. Grain and flour prices show flour, corn meal, oats, and buckwheat with multiple sacks and per hundred weight figures, while dairy milk products and butter shift at various daily rates. Market notes list hides, wool, and timber products with weight bands and per pound quotes, reflecting a broad agricultural trading day across the region.
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Puget Sound
Washington
California
Farina
Java
Costa Rica
Anck
Aden Moena
Caracola
Guatemala
Lion
Egatern
Washington Red Cedar Lumber and Picket Prices
A fragmented listing of lumber items with weights measures and prices including cedar products such as boards shingles pickets and beams. Items mention 12 inch to 16 foot lengths kiln dried green drayage and various finishes with prices ranging from under one dollar to over one hundred dollars.
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Mir
Washington
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Omoo
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